High paying transportation jobs in Grand Forks, ND-MN

Every transportation occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Grand Forks, ND-MN. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single transportation job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Grand Forks, ND-MN run 13.3% below the national average (2024), so a Grand Forks, ND-MN salary is worth about 1.15× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Grand Forks, ND-MN · Employed

1Commercial Pilots$111,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,690 – $233,05040
2First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$63,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,320 – $92,200210
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$59,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,440 – $89,8701,100
4Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$58,810
No formal educational credential
$49,240 – $72,39060
5Bus Drivers, School$53,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,290 – $80,41080
6Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$49,270
No formal educational credential
$38,480 – $58,020160
7Light Truck Drivers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,780 – $92,880310
8Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$44,830
No formal educational credential
$29,800 – $56,850120
9Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$43,580
No formal educational credential
$35,250 – $53,7701,030
10Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$37,910
No formal educational credential
$30,510 – $47,570160
11Stockers and Order Fillers$35,460
No formal educational credential
$31,010 – $44,660830
12Packers and Packagers, Hand$34,980
No formal educational credential
$24,670 – $42,270110
13Driver/Sales Workers$30,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,720 – $60,840290
14Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$28,290
No formal educational credential
$27,610 – $48,49070
15Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$21,180
No formal educational credential
$20,580 – $36,59030

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianGrand Forks, ND-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial PilotsPostsecondary nondegree award	$111,680	$60,690 – $233,050	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,440	$43,320 – $92,200	210
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,360	$47,440 – $89,870	1,100
4	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$58,810	$49,240 – $72,390	60
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,270	$43,290 – $80,410	80
6	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$49,270	$38,480 – $58,020	160
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$29,780 – $92,880	310
8	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$44,830	$29,800 – $56,850	120
9	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$43,580	$35,250 – $53,770	1,030
10	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$37,910	$30,510 – $47,570	160
11	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$35,460	$31,010 – $44,660	830
12	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$34,980	$24,670 – $42,270	110
13	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,640	$18,720 – $60,840	290
14	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$28,290	$27,610 – $48,490	70
15	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$21,180	$20,580 – $36,590	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Grand Forks, ND-MN. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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